Love, loyalty, family: The story of Joe Thomeh's Market

This is the first piece in artist Jon Claytor's illustrated series Corner Store Stories

Image | Jon Claytor/ image 1

Caption: (Jon Claytor for CBC)

Corner stores can be cornerstones of a community, or street. They're the cream for your coffee, Popsicles on a hot day and movie rental memories. And, of course, there are the familiar faces behind the cash.
Artist Jon Claytor visited a few corner stores in Halifax, and created an illustrated series inspired by these conversations.
This first piece starts at the corner of Cornwallis and Maynard.

Image | Joe's 1

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Image | Joe 2

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Image | Joe 3

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Image | Joe 4

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Image | Joe 5

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Image | Joe 6

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Image | Joe 7

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Image | Joe 8

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Image | Joe 9

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Image | Joe 10

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Image | Joe 11

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Image | Joe 12

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Image | Joe 13

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Image | Joe 14

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Image | Joe 15

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Image | Joe 16

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Image | Joe 17

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Image | Joe 18

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Image | Joe 19

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Image | Joe 20

Caption: (Jon Claytor for CBC)